SCOTTISH Labour leader Richard Leonard was put on the spot over Labour’s stance on Brexit and contradicted Jeremy Corbyn’s views on whether to stay in the customs union and the single market post-Brexit.

Labour Party MSP Richard Leonard contributed to the Labour's Party's confusing Brexit stance after making a series of contradictory statements on the party's wishes for single market and customs union access, contrasting to those of Jeremy Corbyn.

In an interview with BBC Sunday Politics Scotland, the MSP said there is a “compelling case” to remain in the customs union despite his party’s vote against such proposal in Westminster.

He said: “My scenario is that I think the deal forged by Theresa May, David Davis and Boris Johnson will be an insufficient one to satisfy the demands of the people of this country and the elected representatives of this country.

“I can see a voting down of the deal which will precipitate an election.

“We’ve made it clear that we think it’s important that tariff-free access to the single market is important because we’ve said that our priority is jobs and the economy but also other things like the environmental protection, consumer protection and workers rights, which we want to see safeguarded in a post-Brexit UK.

“There is a compelling case for being in the customs union in the sense that that will certainly provide us with a tariff-free trading area to be a part of, so that’s got an appeal to it.”

BBC’s Gordon Brewer challenged Mr Leonard saying: “That’s not Jeremy Corbyn’s view, in fact, the Labour voted against the proposal to stay in the customs union.”

Mr Leonard replied: “There are issues around the time of positions being taken and I think there was a proposition put to Parliament which was too premature.”

The Labour MSP also claimed he was appealing to have access to the single market but that a situation where the UK would have full access to it without being able to make any decisions on how it is regulated, would be disadvantageous to the UK.

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn came under criticism after the latest polls show that a majority of the Labour-supporting electorate would like the party to keep the UK in both the single market and the customs union.

Jeremy Corbyn has so far rejected calls to back staying in the single market and the customs union. Labour's policy is to keep the UK in both only for the duration of a post-Brexit transition of up to four years. After that, Mr Corbyn has vowed to try to negotiate a relationship offering "the exact same benefits" for the UK post-Brexit.

Jeremy Corbyn has also refused to endorse a second referendum.

After a third reading, MPs voted in favour of the withdrawal bill by 324 to 295, with the vast majority of Labour MPs opposing to it.

Four Labour politicians joined the Tories voting in favour of the bill and 48 Labour MPs backed a bid to keep Britain in the single market and the customs union after Brexit.